Sanitary appliance for children&#39;s use



1956 N. F. BABBAGE SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS USE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March '7, 1952 Jan. 17, 1956 N. F. BABBAGE 2,730,726

SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S USE Filed March 7, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS USE Neville Francis Babbage, Epping, New South Wales, Australia Application March 7, 1952, Serial No. 275,3ss

Claims. (Cl. 4-141 This invention relates to an improved chamber pot for childrens use, to commodes or commode chairs contain ing such pots and to toilet seats for childrens use.

In connection with chamber pots for use by male infants (so-called male trainers) it is known to make the pot somewhat keyhole shaped in plan with an ex tension portion at the front of the pot and a detachable shield to catch and deflect into the extension and thence into the main portion of the pot any urine projected horizontally or upwardly. It is found, however, that many children While seated on the chamber pot tend to grab and remove such shields, rendering them ineffective.

It is an object of the invention to obviate this difliculty and provide a male trainer pot with a shield which, although easily removed for cleansing of the pot and shield, cannot be removed bythe child while seated upon the pot.

Furthermore it is known to provide removable toilet seats for childrens use, usually having a back rest and arms, which fit over the normal toilet seat. These have an aperture suitably dimensioned for use by children and are provided with an upwardly extending rubber flap at the front of the aperture to deflect urine projected horizontally into the toilet basin; this arrangement is neither particularly effective or hygienic.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a toilet seat for children incorporating a shield which although easily removed for cleansing cannot be removed by the child while seated.

According to the invention a sanitary appliance for use particularly by male children for urination comprises a seat with a central aperture therein and a shield mounted upon the upper side of said seat adapted to deflect forwardly or upwardly projected urine into the space below the seat, the shield being slidably removable from said seat, in which the shield is so mounted on the seat that it can be removed only by motions towards the aperture in the latter.

Thus the child cannot remove the shield while seated upon the pot because any attempt to do so merely presses the shield against his own body.

In order that the invention may be better understood and put into practice a number of embodiments thereof are hereinafter described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a perspective sketch of a chamber pot according to the invention,

Figure 2 shows in detail the manner in which the shield engages with the extension portion of the pot of Fig ure 1,

Figure 3 is a part section on plane 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a section on 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 shows an alternative construction to that shown in Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a commode incorporating the chamber pot shown in Figure 1,

Figure 7 is a toilet seat according to the invention,

2,730,726 Patented Jan. 17, 1956 'ice Figure 8 shows in detail how the shield engages with the toilet seat of Figure 7,

Figure 9 is a part section of Figure 7 on plane 9--9,

Figure 10 is a sectionon line 10-10 of Figure 9.

In the construction shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 the pot and shield are moulded from plastic material, although they may equally well be fabricated of earthenware, enamelled metal or other suitable material.

The pot 20 is generally circular in plan but has an extension portion 21 at one side (the front when the pot is in use). It has a flange 22 around its upper edge to support the childs body.

The shield 23 is hollow and a somewhat flattened quarter-ovoid in shape, having a semi-circular opening at one end, a plane open bottom and a top curving to a closed end opposite to the end first mentioned.

A narrow flange 24 (Figures 2 and 4) projects from the outer surface of the shield at or near the lower side edges thereof and parallel thereto, the said side edges being rectilinear over a good part of their length. The shield slides into the extension portion 21 of the pot 20 and forms a canopy thereover, the flanges 24 engaging in grooves 25 moulded in the interior side walls of the extension portion thereof near the upper edges thereof.

Other arrangements of slideways than that just described may be employed if preferred.

For example, in the extension 21' of the pot a groove may be formed in the shield 23 as shown in Figure 5 instead of a flange and a corresponding ridge beformed upon the interior surface of the walls of the extension portion of the pot to engage therein. Or a series of projections may take the place of the flange or ridge specified. The seat extension 22 is the same as before.

Also the slideways may be undercut projecting ridges or grooves upon the upper edges of the extension portion of the pot, with corresponding grooves or ridges upon the lower edges of the shield to engage therein.

Other shapes of shield than that above described (for example flat topped shields) may be employed if so desired.

When the invention is applied to comtmodes and commode chairs as shown in Figure 6, the upper surface of such commodes or chairs is cut away to a rabbeted keyhole shape to accommodate the shaped pot previously described which is dropped thereinto and supported by the projecting flange upon its upper edge. The shield is turned over and slid into the slideways, wherein it is supported upside down within the extension portion of the pot as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4. (This cannot be done with previously known constructions of male trainers" nor with the slideways construction in which the grooves or ridges are upon the upper edges, instead of within, the extension portion of the pot.) A cover 28 is then dropped into place to cover the pot.

The toilet seat shown in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 is made principally of wood, although any other suitable material may be used, and consists of a flat rectangular seat portion 30 in which is formed a central aperture 31 of a size to make it suitable for use by children. The aperture is more or less keyhole shaped when seen in plan, being substantially circular and having a relatively small rectangular extension 32 directed forwardly. Grooves 33 are formed in the sides of the extension and it is into these grooves that a shield 34 is fitted.

The shield 34 is the same at that shown in Figures 1 to 6 and engages the grooves in the seat in a similar manner.

The shape of the shield and the arrangement of the grooves and ridges may be varied as described above.

The seat is formed with projections (not shown) on its underside which engage the aperture of a normal toilet seat to keep it in place when in use.

'The seat is also provided with a hinged back 35 and collapsible arrn rests 36 arranged so as to enable the seat to be folded. These features are however well known and constitute no part of the present invention.

The embodiments described above are given only by way of example and the actual construction of the seat may be varied as desired within the scope of the invention therewith, the shield being thereby retained in position on the pot, said slideway beingopen at its rearward end and closed at its forward end whereby the shield may be removed only by a sliding motion towards the centre of the pot.

2; A chamber pot as claimed in claim 1 wherein the extension portion of the pot is formed with a pair of horizontal grooves on the opposite side walls thereof closed at their outer ends and opeh at their inner ends and the shield has outwardly directed flanges to engage in said grooves.

3. A chamber pot as claimed in claim 1 wherein the extension portion of the pot is formed with a pair of inward directed flanges and the shield is formed with grooves to engage the said flanges.

4. A commode, an aperture in said commode, there being fitted in said aperture a chamber pot of the male trainer type comprising a pot, an extension portion at the front of the pot forming a receptacle having side walls, a detachable shield to deflect forwardly or upwardly projected urine into the pot, a horizontal slideway on the opposed side walls of said receptacle to receive said shield such that by a sliding motion of the shield in a a direction from the centre of the said aperture outwards,

parts of the shield may be engaged therewith, the shield being thereby retained in positionon the pot, said slideway being open at its rearward end and closed at its forward end whereby the shield may be removed only by a sliding motion towards the centre of the pot.

5. A commode including a central opening having a flange forming a seat, said flange being interrupted and extending radially to form a cut away portion, said cut away portion forming side walls having horizontal guideways and a reversible shield removably supported insaid radially extending portion and supported on said horizontal .guideways, said slidewaybeing closedat its forward end and open at its rear end to permit insertion of the shield but preventing rernoval thereof in a forward direct-ion.

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